For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”For they prophesy falsely to you in my name. I have not sent them,” says Yahweh.For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.
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… this letter in Jeremiah 29 to the exiles in Babylon, and God says through Jeremiah, don't believe those prophets. Look at Jeremiah 29 verses 8 and 9, right before what we read. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams that they dream, for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name. I did not send them, declares the Lord. In fact, you back up to verse four and listen to what God says there. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exile whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there and do not decrease, but seek the welfare of the city where I've sent you into exile and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find welfare. In other words, get comfortable. You're going to be in exile for a while. And this was not necessarily encouraging news. Imagine suffering like this. And instead of God saying, I'm going to end this soon, God says, you're going to be in this a while. In fact, you jump down to verse 10, see how long God tells them they'll be there. …
… on. And then he says, do not let the prophets or the diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not sent them, declares the Lord. That's what you need to be thinking the next time somebody says, the Lord told me to tell you this. You need to be going, Lord, did you send them? In the chapter before, this is Jeremiah 29 and chapter 28, there was a prophet named Hananiah, and he didn't like the 70-year prophecy. And so he says, in fact, I'll just let you see what he said. It'd be more powerful if you just hear it coming right out of his mouth. You need to be able to identify this. This is what Hananiah says in Jeremiah 28, verse 2. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says. Wow, that's powerful. I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. …
… So I want to look at, of course, our thematic text, which is Jeremiah chapter 29, verse 11. But I want to look at Jeremiah chapter 29, verses 8 through 11 on today. So it says, for thus, verse 8, for thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you and do not listen to the dreams that they dream. For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name. I did not send them, says the Lord. For thus says the Lord, only when Babylon's 70 years are completed will I visit you and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. Verse 11, for surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. Plans for your welfare and not for harm to give you a future and a hope. And keeping with our theme Black for the Future, Black for the Future, Black to the Future, I want to deal with the thought of looking back to launch forward. …